Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-06
SUNDRY NOTES

'lay, also known as Cornng's Harry
Clay. died at Middletown Stock Farm.
New York, on the 9th inst. Accord
ing to the american Trotting Regis
ter he was bred by Mrs. Cooper of
Vantage, y. j.. and sold when Young
to Decatur Sayer, Orange County,
y. Y. and after time passed to the
Albany. y. Y. In 1879 he was sold at
kellogg's public sale in New York to Mr..
j. ID. Willis, Mddetown. y. Y. for
$1,000, which was considered great price
for horse twenty-siX years old.
He was got by Neave's Cassius VI.
Clay. Jr.. son of old Cassius VI. CLAY.
His dam was by imported Bellfounder.
lie was quite a trotter in his day.
His first victory upon the turf was at
Fashion Course. l.. l., in 1852, where he
beat shepherd +. Knapp in straight heats
getting record of , rs. During the four
years he was upon the turf he defeated
Quaker Boy. Princess, Capt. MaGowan.
Commodore Vanderbilt. Ethan Allen and
John Morgan. His record was 2.29. He
is the sire of Shawmut (2.2G) and Surprise
(2.2G). He acquired great renown
through the produce of his daughters.
particularly Green Mountain Maid. dam
of five in the , 80 list, and also of Elec-
tioneer. Flora. the dam of st. Julien
oil ~. Unalala opp I'D and St.
Reno OPS l-2). was another of his get
His daughter, Hattie Wood. brought
Gazelle cpd. Louis Napoleon (Src of
Jerome Eddy. ZIG ~. Idol (sire of Pick
wick, 2.29 l-2) and Victor Won Bismarck
sire of kentucky IIambletonian 2.33 l-2) d.
y monument will doubtless be erected to
his memory. and no man will contribute
more literally and cheerfully for this
purpose than senator Leland Stanford of
California.
The successful breeder, DR.. j. w. Day
of Waterloo, y. y, who bought several
mares at the late Kellogg sale. including
Annie Laurie, full sister to Motion q :2O
by Daniel Lambert, predicts that the dam
of Motion and the famous New England
sire, Daniel Lambert. will be credited
with another , 80 performer before the
close of 1851
In reply to numerous inquiries, Mr..
Joslyn, proprietor Of the JOslyn Stock
Farm. Waitst field VT. sends us the fol-
lowing concerning the breeding of the
.Joslyn Horse. Rocket. better known as
Joslyn Horse, was folled in 1852, got by
Young Myrick or Cyren Joslyn Horse.
This horse, Young Myrick, was sold in
lS51 and went to Indiana. He was bred
in Panton. VT. and from Hambetonian
mare. He was got by Sherman Black
Hawk, he by Vermont Black Hawk. son
of Sherman Morgan. by Justin Morgan.
Rockets dam, Nina. was from daugh-
ter of Sherman Morgan and got by Ne
gotiator. She was bred by my father,
y. &. Joslyn. Negot;tor was horse
my father bought in Quebec, Can, when
four years old. lie was imported and
called an English hunter. My father
paid SiOO for him whel first taken from
the ship. He rode HMM races in Cana
da from 1896 to 1910, and then came to
this town and kept hin until about 1850.
Negotiator stood at Greenfield, Mass,
one or two seasons. lie was brown
horse, sixteen hands hi,h and used mostly
under the saddle. His stock We're great
roadsters. Nina, Roclet's dam, was sold
for $500 to l.. ID. Josl,n. of Greenfield,
Mass, and then went Northampton to
a Mr.. Lewis. Rocket did in lS44 at thirty
two years of age. Iii, record was , 40.
He got India Rubber (rcOrd 2.29), owned
by Mr.. l.. c. Hall of Boston. He also
produced several offers with records
below 2.40. There haze been, | think,
some seventy-tive of locket's colts taken
to Providence, Il. I.,by Thomas Sher-
burne, who bought hoses for that market.
Too many of his bet daughters were
taken away and the poorest left at home
for breeders.
Phil Sheridan Jr. vas foaled in 1873,
bred by Rutherford Washington, New
York, got by Phil Shridan, he by Young
Columbus, by old Cmmbus. His dam
was Mary A., by Dsty Miller, he by
Canada Grey Eagle. Tom Sayers, sire of
Phyllis's dam, was 90 by Canada Grey
Eagle. Mary A., PhSheridan Jr.' s dam,
was the dam of MissLegacy (2.24 l-2),
Robert ID. (2.34 l-2), daggie b. (private
trial, 2.27) and QueeIOf Diamonds (2.30-
10. Dusty Miller ct Dutch Girl (2.2O)
and Irene (2.2O La. Ie also got the dam
of jim Schrieber c.. l-2), Miss Legacy
(2.2I l-2) and Hiral Woodruff (2.25).
Phil Sheridan has tehn the 2.3O list that
have won 292 heatsin $50 or better.
Young Columbus is edited with eleven
in the $50 list. III total number of
heats won by the elem in 2.30 or better
!. is eighty.